Pensacola, Florida
—  City  —
Pensacola in 1885
Seal
Nickname(s): City of Five Flags
Motto: Enhancing the Quality of Life for all Citizens
Location in Escambia County and the state of Florida
Coordinates: 30°26′0″N 87°12′0″W / 30.433333°N 87.2°W / 30.433333; -87.2Coordinates: 30°26′0″N 87°12′0″W / 30.433333°N 87.2°W / 30.433333; -87.2
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Escambia
Government
- Mayor	Michael C. Wiggins (D)
Area
- City	39.7 sq mi (102.7 km2)
- Land	22.7 sq mi (58.8 km2)
- Water	17.0 sq mi (43.9 km2)
Elevation	102 ft (31 m)
Population (2007)
- City	54,283
- Density	2,478.7/sq mi (956.8/km2)
- Metro	437,125
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	850
FIPS code	12-55925[1]
GNIS feature ID	0294117[2]
Website	pensacolacitygov.com

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County.^[3] As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2007, the estimated population was 54,283.^[4] The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, comprising Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, had a population of 453,451.^[5]

Pensacola is a sea port on Pensacola Bay, which connects to the Gulf of Mexico. A United States Naval Air Station, the first in the United States, is located southwest of Pensacola (near the community of Warrington) and is home to the Blue Angels flight demonstration team and the National Museum of Naval Aviation. The main campus of the University of West Florida is situated north of the city center.

Pensacola is nicknamed "The City of Five Flags" due to the five governments that have flown flags over it during its history: those of Spain, France, Great Britain, the Confederate States of America, and the United States. Other nicknames include "World's Whitest Beaches" (due to the white sand prevalent along beaches in the Florida panhandle), "Cradle of Naval Aviation" (the National Museum of Naval Aviation is located at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, home of the legendary Blue Angels), "Western Gate to the Sunshine State," "America's First Settlement," "Emerald Coast," "Redneck Riviera," and "Red Snapper Capital of the World."

On February 19 of 2009, the King and Queen of Spain, Juan Carlos I and Sofía, took part in commemorating Pensacola's 450th anniversary, as America's first European settlement.

[edit] History

Pensacola was the first European-inhabited settlement in what would later become the United States of America.

Pensacola, Florida has a colonial history dating back 450 years, being the first European settlement in the continental United States (1559)^[6][7][8] and controlled by five countries. Pensacola's location has caused great turmoil, with many buildings destroyed by wars and by numerous major hurricanes. The location, south of the original British colonies, and on the dividing line between French Louisiana and Spanish Florida along the Perdido River, has caused the possession of the city to change multiple times. Pensacola has been under the possession of the Spanish, French, British, United States and Confederate States, and has remained a part of the United States since the end of the American Civil War. Along with wars, numerous hurricanes have been a massive factor in Pensacola history, destroying houses and leaving many people homeless.

Pensacola: site of 1698 settlement near Fort Barrancas is marked "X" (above left end of Santa Rosa Island).

Early exploration of Pensacola Bay (called Polonza or Ochuse) spanned decades, with Ponce de León (1513), Pánfilo de Narváez (1528), and Hernando de Soto plus others charting the area.^[8]

Due to prior exploration, the first settlement of Pensacola was large, with over 1,400 people on 11 ships from Vera Cruz, Mexico^[7] landing on August 15, 1559,^[8] led by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano. However, weeks later on September 19, 1559,^[7][8] the colony was decimated by a hurricane which killed hundreds, sank five ships, grounded a caravel, and ruined supplies. The 1,000 survivors decided to relocate and resupply the settlement but, due to famine and attacks, the effort was abandoned in 1561.^[7] About 240 people sailed to Santa Elena (today's Parris Island, South Carolina), but another storm hit there, so they sailed to Cuba and scattered.^[7] The remaining 50 at Pensacola were taken back to Mexico, and the Viceroy's advisers concluded that northwest Florida was too dangerous to settle, a belief that endured for 135 years.^[7]

Pensacola was permanently reestablished by the Spanish in 1696 on the mainland, near Fort Barrancas (see map),^[9] It was occupied by the French in 1719, but another major hurricane devastated the settlement in 1722, causing the French to evacuate, and the Spanish returned.

The Spanish built three presidios in Pensacola:^[10]

• Presidio Santa Maria de Galve (1698-1719): the presidio included fort San Carlos de Austria (east of present Fort Barrancas) and a village with church;^[10]
  • The English colonists at Charleston burned the city in 1707, but were not able to capture the presidio. In fact, none of the presidios were ever taken by force.^[11]
• Presidio Isla de Santa Rosa (1722-1752): this next presidio was on Santa Rosa Island near the site of present Fort Pickens, but hurricanes battered the island in 1741 and 1752, and the presidio was closed and moved to the mainland;^[10]
• Presidio San Miguel de Panzacola (1754-1763): the final presidio was about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of the first presidio, over in the present-day historic district of downtown Pensacola, named from "Panzacola" (of Spain).^[10]

At the end of the French and Indian War in 1763, Pensacola became the capital of the 14th British colony, West Florida. The British went back to the mainland area of fort San Carlos de Barrancas, building the Royal Navy Redoubt. After Spain joined the American Revolution late in 1779, the Spanish captured East Florida and West Florida in the 1781 Battle of Pensacola,^[6] retaining it from (1781-1819). In the Transcontinental Treaty (Adams-Onis) of 1819, Spain renounced its claims to West Florida and ceded East Florida to the U.S. (US$5 million).^[6] In 1821, with Andrew Jackson as provisional governor, Pensacola became part of the United States.^[6]

St. Michael's Cemetery was established in the 18th Century at a location which at the time was on the distant eastern outskirts of the city. Initially owned by the Church of St. Michael, it is now owned and managed by St. Michael's Cemetery Foundation of Pensacola, Inc.^[12] Preliminary studies indicate that there are over 3200 marked burials as well as a large number unmarked.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Geography

Pensacola Beach, Florida

[edit] Topography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 102.7 km² (39.7 sq mi). 22.7 square miles (58.8 km²) of it is land and 17.0 square miles (43.9 km²) of it (42.77%) is water.

[edit] Climate

The climate of Pensacola issubtropical, with mild winters and hot, humid summers. Summer temperatures are characterized by highs in the low 90s and lows in the mid 70s. The average high in July is 91 °F (32.8 °C), with 59 days per year reaching at least 90 °F (32.2 °C).^[13] The average low in July is 75 °F (23.9 °C).^[14] Evening thunderstorms are common during the summer months. Temperatures above 100 °F (37.7 °C) are rare, and last occurred on June 23, 2009, when the all time record high for June of 102 °F (38.8 °C) occurred.^[15] The hottest temperature ever recorded in the city was 106 °F (41.1 °C) on July 14, 1980.^[14]

Average highs in January are 61 °F (16.1 °C) and average lows are 43 °F (6.1 °C).^[14] There are, on average, fifteen nights per year of below freezing temperatures.^[16] Temperatures below 20 °F (−7 °C) are rare, and last occurred in January 2003, when a low of 18 °F (-7.7 °C) was seen.^[17] The coldest temperature ever recorded in the city was 5 °F (-15 °C) on January 21, 1985.^[14] Snow is rare in Pensacola, but does occasionally fall. The most recent frozen precipitation occurred on December 25 and December 26, 2004, when the city received ice pellets.^[18][19]

The city receives 64.28 inches (1633 mm) of precipitation per year, with a rainy season in the summer. The rainiest month is July, with 8.02 inches (204 mm), while 3.89 inches (99 mm) falls in April, the driest month.^[14]

[edit] Hurricanes

Flooding in Downtown Pensacola from Hurricane Katrina

Pensacola's location on the Florida Panhandle makes it vulnerable to hurricanes. Significant hurricanes which have made landfall at or near Pensacola include Eloise (1975), Frederic (1979), Juan (1985), Erin (1995), Opal (1995), Georges (1998), Ivan (2004), and Dennis (2005).

Pensacola and several surrounding areas were devastated by Hurricane Ivan. The eye of the hurricane grazed Pensacola as it passed slightly to the west of the city. This caused a storm surge into Escambia Bay that eventually destroyed most of the I-10 Escambia Bay Bridge.^[20] The storm heavily damaged the bridge. It knocked 58 spans off the eastbound and westbound bridges and misaligned another 66 spans, causing the bridge to close to traffic in both directions.^[21] Over six billion dollars in damage occurred in the metro area and more than 10,000 homes were destroyed, with another 27,000 heavily damaged. NASA created a comparison image to illustrate the massive damage. Hurricane Ivan drove up the cost of housing in the area, leading to a severe shortage of affordable housing. In July 2005, Hurricane Dennis made landfall just east of the city, sparing it the blow it had received from Ivan the year before. However, hurricane- and near-hurricane-force winds were recorded in downtown, causing moderate damage.

Although Pensacola only received a glancing blow from 2005's devastating Hurricane Katrina, light to moderate damage was reported in the area. There was significant damage to Pensacola air conditioning condenser units, but minimal structural damage.^[22] Katrina also undermined Pensacola's tourist base from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

[edit] Neighborhoods

The city of Pensacola is composed of several neighborhoods, each of a different age and character:

A generalized map of neighborhoods within the city limits of Pensacola.

• 1. Downtown Pensacola: The historic core of the city. Historic preservation efforts have centered around Palafox Street, downtown's main retail and entertainment corridor. Many of Pensacola's major attractions are here, including Plaza Ferdinand VII, the Pensacola Civic Center and Seville Quarter, as well as much of the city's government and professional office space.
• 2. Brownsville: A working-class neighborhood composed of most of the streets with single-letter names from "E" Street west. It is perhaps most famous as the center of the Brownsville Revival of the 1990s. This neighborhood extends west into unincorporated Escambia County.
• 3. College Park: Consists mainly of middle class homes built in the 1970s. Major landmarks include Pensacola Junior College, Sacred Heart Hospital and Washington High School. Larger subdivisions include Springdale and Broadview Farms.
• 4. Cordova Park: Upper middle class housing built from the 1950s to the 1980s. Some of its wealthier residents live along Bayou Texar. Subdivisions include Cordova Park proper, Birnam Woods and Inverness. Cordova Mall is the commercial center of this neighborhood and the remainder of northeast Pensacola.
• 5. East Brent: Lies east of the unincorporated community of Brent. The area west of Interstate 110 is largely industrial. Major residential subdivisions on the east side of the neighborhood include Highland Terrace and Woodland Heights. Includes Pensacola Christian College immediately adjacent to I-110, and Pensacola Christian Academy along Highway 29.
• 6. East Hill: A middle to upper class neighborhood known mostly for its 1920s-era bungalows and mansions. Housing stock extends into the post-World War II period. Like Cordova Park, the most expensive homes are found along the bayou. Major landmarks include Bayview Park and Old Sacred Heart Hospital.
• 7. East Pensacola Heights: Consists mostly of 1930s-era bungalows with a cluster of apartment complexes and towers along the Scenic Highway bayfront. This neighborhood is known for its eclectic, bohemian atmosphere. Its commercial center stretches along Cervantes Street and includes the locally famous Jerry's Drive-In.
• 8. Gull Point: Developed mostly in the 1980s and predominantly upper-middle class residential. Major subdivisions include Baywoods, Bohemia, Ironwood and La Belle Terre/La Mirage.
• 9. North Hill: Pensacola's first suburb, dating to the post-Civil War period, it is home to the North Hill Preservation District and has been the focus of a tremendous revitalization effort. The majority of the homes in the neighborhood are large Victorians. Belmont-Devilliers, the historically black commercial district, is located in this area, as well as Pensacola High School, the oldest high school in the city.
• 10. Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport
• 11. Sanders Beach/Tanyard: A working class neighborhood consisting of most of the streets with single-letter names south of Garden Street. Barrancas Avenue cuts diagonally through this neighborhood and connects Pensacola to Warrington via the Bayou Chico bridge. The area west of Pace Boulevard is mostly industrial, and the east side of the neighborhood consists mainly of 1930s-era bungalows.
• 12. Scenic Heights: A middle class neighborhood developed between the late 1950s and the late 1970s. It is vastly residential and includes the subdivisions of Scenic Heights proper, Belvedere Park, Eastgate, Hidden Oaks and Tierra Verde.
• 13. Seville Square: The oldest part of modern Pensacola. Consisting of homes, churches and commercial buildings dating to the 18th Century, this is the most consistently historic neighborhood in the city. Historic Pensacola Village, Seville Square Park, Old Christ Church and the New Urbanist development of Aragon Court are located in this neighborhood.
• 14. South Ferry Pass: Lies to the south of the unincorporated community of Ferry Pass. Predominantly residential, it includes the subdivisions of Camelot, Dunmire Woods and Eau Claire Estates, all developed in 1960s and 1970s. The small portion of the city limits that stretches north of Interstate 10 is located in this neighborhood.
• 15. Summit Park: Consists of the middle class subdivision of Summit Park proper as well as the adjacent upper middle class Gaberonne/Lavallet addition. Developed mostly in the 1960s, it also includes clusters of multi-family and high-density single-family residential development along Summit Boulevard and Spanish Trail.
• 16. Long Hollow: A working class neighborhood surrounding the Interstate 110 corridor. The Crystal Ice Company Building is a feature of this neighborhood.
• 17. Innerarity Point/Perdido Key: Located to the west of downtown Pensacola, Perdido Key is a largely undeveloped barrier island. Beautiful beaches and numerous accommodations, Perdido Key is a magnet for tourists. The name means "Lost Key" when translated from Spanish. Perdido Key is considered a cash cow for Escambia County. Millions of dollars in taxes are generated through tourism and the county does minimal upkeep on the area. Innerarity Point is more a bedroom community that is separated from Perdido Key by the "Theo Baars" Bridge. Innerarity Point is the home of Big Lagoon State Park, a beautiful Florida State Park that features nature walks, boat landings, camping and much more.

[edit] Transportation

Pensacola is served by Interstate 10 and the Interstate 110 spur connecting I-10 with downtown Pensacola. Major air traffic in the Pensacola and greater northwest Florida area is handled by Pensacola Regional Airport. Airlines currently serving Pensacola Regional Airport are Air Tran Airways, American Eagle Airlines, Continental Express, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlink (soon to be folded into Delta) and US Airways Express. Greyhound bus service is also available.^[23][24] However, Amtrak suspended service to Pensacola (and the rest of the Gulf Coast) because of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. As of October 2008, it is still unknown whether Amtrak service will be restored.

The local bus service is the Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT).^[25] In December 2007, ECAT cut many of its routes, citing poor rider frequency. In January 2008, ECAT expanded service to neighboring Gulf Breeze and change existing routes to more convenient locations.^[26]

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 56,255 people, 24,524 households, and 14,665 families residing in the city, and 402,000 people in the Pensacola MSA. The population density was 2,478.7 people per square mile (956.8/km²). There were 26,995 housing units at an average density of 1,189.4/sq mi (459.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city is 64.91% White, 30.58% African American, 1.77% Asian, 0.52% Native American, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.54% from other races, and 1.61% from two or more races. 2.07% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 24,524 households out of which 24.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.7% were married couples living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.2% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.92.

In addition to the Christian majority, there is a Jewish community, whose roots stretch back to the mid to late 1800s. The first Florida chapter of B'nai Brith was founded downtown in 1874, as well as the first temple, Beth-El, in 1876. Paula Ackerman, the first woman who performed rabbinical functions in the United States, was a Pensacola native and led services at Beth-El. Apart from the Reform Beth-El, Pensacola is also served by the Conservative.^[28]

The median income for a household in the city was $34,779, and the median income for a family was $42,868. Males had a median income of $32,258 versus $23,582 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,438. About 12.7% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.2% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Law and government

The City of Pensacola is governed by an elected City Council with nine seats, two of which are considered "at large." The other seven are elected from single member districts. The city government also has an elected mayor; Michael C. Wiggins has held that office since 2008.

[edit] Elections

Pensacola was solidly Democratic for more than a century after the Civil War. Until the 1970s, most local elections were determined by the Democratic primary. Democrats continued to win most elections at the state and local level well into the 1990s, though most of them were very conservative even by Southern Democratic standards.^{[citation needed]}

This changed in 1994, when Republican attorney Joe Scarborough defeated Vinnie Whibbs, the son of popular former Democratic mayor Vince Whibbs, in a landslide to represent Florida's 1st congressional district, which is based in Pensacola. Republicans also swept all of the area's seats in the state legislature. In August 2005, the county's registered Republicans outnumbered Democrats for the first time in the area's history.^[29]

In the 2004 presidential election, 65% of Escambia County residents voted for George W. Bush over John Kerry. The Pensacola area has not supported a Democrat for President since John Kennedy in 1960.

[edit] Regional representatives

Pensacola is currently represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Jeff Miller (R) and in the U.S. Senate by Bill Nelson (D) and George LeMieux (R), in the state senate by Don Gaetz (R) and Durell Peaden (R), and in the state house by Clay Ford (R), Dave Murzin (R), and Greg Evers (R).^[30]

As of January 2007, Pensacola, and the rest of the State of Florida, are served by Charlie Crist (R) as governor, who replaced term-limited Governor Jeb Bush (R).

[edit] Politics

Opposition to annexation in the areas surrounding the city has held its 2000 Census population figure at 56,255.

[edit] Education

Public primary and secondary education schools in Pensacola are administered by the Escambia County School District. The current superintendent of schools for Escambia County is Malcolm Thomas. The University of West Florida, which resides north of the city, is the primary tertiary school in the area. UWF also has the largest library in the region, the John C. Pace Library.

[edit] Universities and colleges

• University of West Florida
• Pensacola Junior College
• Troy University - Pensacola
• Pensacola Christian College

Pensacola High School

[edit] High schools in the City of Pensacola

• East Hill Christian School
• Escambia High School
• Pensacola School Of Liberal Arts
• Pensacola Catholic High School
• Pensacola High School (Ranked as the 8th best high school in America by Newsweek magazine in 2004.)^[31]
• Washington High School
• Pine Forest High School
• Pensacola Christian Academy
• Tate High School
• West Florida High School of Advanced Technology

[edit] Public health and safety

[edit] Hospitals

• Baptist Hospital^[32] – Baptist Health Care
• Gulf Breeze Hospital^[33] – Baptist Health Care
• Naval Hospital^[34] – United States Navy
• Sacred Heart Hospital^[35] – Sacred Heart Health System
• Santa Rosa Medical Center^[36] – FastHealth Corporation
• West Florida Hospital^[37] – West Florida Healthcare
• Nemours Children's Clinic^[38]

[edit] Culture

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[edit] Festivals and Holidays

Major holidays in Pensacola include Memorial Day (Memorial Day Weekend), Mardi Gras, and the Fiesta of Five Flags. Celebrations of note in Pensacola are the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival, the Seafood Festival, Crawfish Festival, Gay Pride(LGBT),^[39] (Memorial Day Weekend), The King Mackerel and Cobia Tournament, Florida Springfest (although canceled in 2006 through 2008), Gracefest (a Christian music festival), Lobsterfest, University of West Florida Festival on the Green, The Diesel Dee Diesel Dyow Attempts, the Bushwhacker Festival and the Bill Fishing Tournament. Independence Day and Blue Angel Weekend also attract locals and tourists at nearby Pensacola Beach.

Historic Seville Square and its adjacent parks, Fountain Park and Bartram Park, are the sites of most of Pensacola's festivals.^{[citation needed]} In the summer on Thursdays and on the Thursday in the beginning of the Christmas season, the Pensacola Heritage Foundation presents local bands in a gazebo for free concerts. In December the Pensacola Christmas Market is held in Seville Square. The Square is where the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival and Seafood Festival are held in the fall and the Cajun Crawfish Festival in in the spring. Festivals in Seville Square was begun by local preservationists in the early 1960s led by Mary Turner Rule Reed and the Pensacola Heritage Foundation who started the movement to save and restore this square and Pensacola's old settlement around it.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Libraries

The West Florida Regional Library is a system of libraries with five locations throughout the Pensacola area. They offer fiction and non-fiction books, magazines, books on cassette or CD, DVD and VHS films and music. Each library offers public access computers, children's materials, and a variety of reading materials.

Genealogy and local history resources are available at the Main Branch downtown. Library staff and various volunteers from the West Florida Genealogy Society are available to help start the research process. The Friends of the Library hold periodic book sales where donated and discarded items are sold to the public. Donations of books or audio-video items in good condition are welcome at the main library.

[edit] Music Scene and Sub-culture

There are Punk, Folk and Indie bands as This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, and Never Too Soon. Country/Folk singer and host of the BBC documentary Searching for the Wrong Eyed-Jesus Jim White was raised in Pensacola before moving to Georgia after Hurricane Ivan. Since 2005, there has been growth in the hardcore metal scene in Pensacola, and shows of this genre are often held at the local American Legion post and the now-closed Red Door Venue, a Christian-based show space. Pensacola is also the home of singer/songwriter Mark Gormley, who has aquired internet fame with his music videos.^{[citation needed]}

Venues have hosted shows by MC Chris and The Horror Pops.^{[citation needed]}

Both Pensacola Junior College and the University of West Florida host a wide variety of concerts at various times of the year, with musicians as well as local bands and music professors.^{[citation needed]} The Pensacola Symphony Orchestra gives concerts each year at the Saenger Theatre.^[40] The Jazz Society of Pensacola sponsors the Pensacola JazzFest^[41] each spring downtown in Pensacola's Seville Square.

SpringFest and GraceFest were both music street festivals in downtown Pensacola, but these were discontinued in 2005.^{[citation needed]} The National Museum of Naval Aviation also hosts a yearly series of Big Band concerts, featuring bands such as the Glenn Miller Orchestra and Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.^{[citation needed]} Film composer and musician Nick Monteleone was born in Pensacola.

[edit] Arts and Theatre

The Arts Council of Northwest Florida plans events including Gallery Night; a monthly event in which downtown businesses host artwork from featured area artists.^{[citation needed]}

There are a number of different performance venues in the Pensacola Area, including the Pensacola Civic Center, used for big ticket events, and the Saenger Theater, used for performances and mid level events.^{[citation needed]} Other theatres used for live performances, plays and musicals include the [Pensacola Little Theatre], Pensacola Junior College, University of West Florida, Loblolly Theatre and the Imogene Theatre in nearby Milton, FL. Also offering performances are the Pensacola Opera,^[42] the Pensacola Children's Chorus,^[43] the Pensacola Symphony and the Choral Society of Pensacola.

Pensacola Christian College hosts its Fine Arts Series each year, with artists that have included Jerome Hines of the New York Metropolitan Opera, the Atlantic Brass Quintet, Christopher Parkening, the Vienna Boys' Choir and the Gregg Smith Singers. Other performances include operas, Shakespearean plays, and Gilbert and Sullivan musicals.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Media

The largest daily newspaper in the area is the Pensacola News Journal. Broadcasting locally are: WEAR-TV, the ABC affiliate for Pensacola, and WSRE-TV, the local PBS member station, which is operated by Pensacola Junior College. Cable service in the city is provided by Cox Communications. The monthly Pensacola Magazine, and Northwest Florida's Business Climate, the only business magazines devoted to the region, are published locally.

[edit] Sports

Pensacola is home to several professional minor league teams. Baseball: the Pensacola Pelicans of the American Association (of Independent Baseball); Football: the Gulf Coast Riptide of the Women's Football Alliance (WFA), who earned 8 consecutive Division Championships when they were the Pensacola Power of the National Women's Football Association (NWFA), Hockey: the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Also, Roy Jones, Jr., named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 1990s by the Boxing Writers Association of America and a former pound for pound champion, resides in and trains out of Pensacola. Other sports team include the semi-pro football team the Pensacola Lightning of the NAFL (ranked fourth in the nation out of 147 teams in 2007)^[44]

[edit] Sister cities

According to Sister City International, Pensacola has the following sister cities:^[45]

• Chimbote, Peru
• Escazu, Costa Rica
• Gero, Japan
• Gorlovka, Ukraine
• Miraflores, Peru
• Kaohsiung, Taiwan

[edit] Notables

[edit] See also

• Escambia High School riots

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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